Dress a piece to 1 inch by 11/6 inches wide. Draw lines at the centers of the 1-inch sides. Divide the other two sides into four parts and draw lines parallel with the edges, omitting the center lines. Dress off the corners to these lines, making 6 equal sides.

This method appears to make the hexagon too large on one of its long diameters, but, as the tend-

Fig. 127. Hexagon.

ency is to dress off a little too much at the ends of this diameter in planing the adjacent sides, the result will generally be a substantially correct hexagon. The piece should be carefully tested on all sides at each end with the rule.